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Jonathan E. Spahr, MD

Job Title Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-692-5630 Phone
412-692-6645 Fax

Education and Training

Medical School:

1998 Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

Residency:

2002 Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

Fellowship:

2006 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Memberships

  • American Thoracic Society
  • American College of Chest Physicians

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease

Awards

  • Dickinson College Alumni Grant Award
  • Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Fraternity

Publications

  • Spahr JE, Krawiec ME. The early origins of asthma: nature, nurture, or parturition? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005;94(2):228-33.
  • Spahr JE, Krawiec ME. Leukotriene receptor antagonists--risks and benefits for use in paediatric asthma. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2004; 3(3):173-85.

Research Interests

  • Exhaled breath condensate for the detection of inflammation and infection in patients with cystic fibrosis
  • Improved delivery of inpatient and outpatient care for adolescents with cystic fibrosis
  • Gene testing for idiopathic pneumothorax

Active Research Projects / Grants

  • Cystic Fibrosis Center Grant
  • NIH: Host factors in fungal allergy and fibrosis, Core B

Last Update

October 3, 2008
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Last Update

October 3, 2008
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